The town of Sharon, TN is located in the southwestern part of West Tennessee and has a population of 2,158. The local government consists of an elected mayor, four aldermen and a city recorder. All five positions are elected through nonpartisan elections every four years by the citizens of Sharon. The current mayor is Thomas \"Tom\" Waddell, who was reelected for his fourth term in 2020. He is supported by four aldermen: William \"Will\" Martin, Randall \"Randy\" Jones, John \"Johnnie\" Everett and Robert \"Bob\" Smith. The city recorder is currently Mary Reed who also was reelected in 2020. This local government works diligently to keep the people of Sharon safe and ensure they have a good quality of life within their community.
The political climate in Zip 38255 (Sharon, TN) is very conservative.
Weakley County, TN is very conservative. In Weakley County, TN 22.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Weakley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.7% to 22.0%.
Weakley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38255 (Sharon, TN) is very conservative.
Sharon, Tennessee is very conservative.
Weakley County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Martin Metro Area is very conservative.
Tennessee is moderately conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Sharon, Tennessee: r R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 38255 (Sharon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $735 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,917 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)